October 9, 2014

Tyhjyyden kosketus: kun tahto sammuu ja ei-mikään alkaa

Northern view in the sanctuary, Rothko
Chapel

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‘And Rothko planned it this way. His chapel is one of the most
overwhelming syntheses of art and architecture in the world. It is as compelling
as the great Italian religious interiors he admired, yet as terrifying as
Munch's Scream. It is a tragic theatre of emptiness, death's antechamber, the
self-expression of a suicide. As such, the Rothko Chapel was destined to be
misunderstood. Had it been understood, it would not have been
built.’